Fall 2004 Schedule
Each semester, the School of Physics invites a
variety of speakers to come share their exciting research with students
and faculty at Georgia Tech. All students and faculty are invited. If
you have questions or would like to set up an appointment with one of
the speakers, please contact
Michael Chapman,
Chandra Raman,
Elisa Riedo, and
Li You. |
----ALL
LECTURES ARE ON WEDNESDAYS AT 3:00 pm in LECTURE ROOM 5 UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED
----THE RECEPTION WILL BE AT 2:30 PM IN ROOM N201. |
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| 08/16 |
First Day of Fall 2004 Classes |
| 08/18 |
No colloquium will be scheduled because of faculty meeting |
| 08/25 |
Bill McCurdy, Dept. of Chemistry &
Applied Science, U. of CA, Davis. The Lawrence Berkeley National
Lab, Chemistry Division
(Host: Dr. Chapman) |
|
| 09/01 |
Prof. Roman Mints, Tel Aviv
University |
| 09/06 |
Official School Holiday |
| 09/08 |
William P. King,
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering,
Georgia Tech
"Thermal Processing and Measurements at the Micrometer and Nanometer Scales"
(Host: Dr. Riedo) |
| 09/14 |
Ferenc Krausz, Max-Planck
Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
(Host: Dr. Trebino)
Note: This is Tuesday |
| 09/22 |
Andrei Derevianko,
Physics Department of the U.Nevada, Reno
(Host: Dr. You) |
| 09/29 |
Steven Strogatz, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell
University
"Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order"
Note:
It will be held at 4:00 pm and in Room 16 in
College of Computeing. |
|
| 10/06 |
Wolfgang Lösert,
U. of Maryland
"Physics of
Cell Motility: Dynamic Networks and Flexible Membranes"
(Host: Dr. Schatz) |
| 10/07 |
Nonlinear
Science Seminar
(Thursday, 11:00 am)
Joerg Main, Stuttgart University
(Host: Dr. Uzer) |
| 10/13 |
Jeannette Yen,
School of Biology,
Georgia Institute of Technology
"Small-Scale Biological-Chemical-Physical Signals in the Sea"
(Host: Dr. Riedo) |
| 10/18-19 |
Fall Recess |
| 10/20-21 |
Physics Retreat |
| 10/27 |
Gabriela Gonzalez, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University
"Gravitational Waves: new eyes for physics and astronomy"
(Host: Dr. Chapman)
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|
| 11/03 |
You Qiang, Physics Dept.,Univ. of IdahoRob
"Magnetism of Nanoclusters and Nanocluster-Assembled Materials"
(Host: Dr. Whetten) |
| 11/10 |
Richard Miller, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University
"The Physics of AGN (Active Galactic Nuclei) Variability"
(Host: Dr. Sowell) |
| 11/17 |
Barry I. Schneider, Program
Director for Theoretical Physics Physics Division, National Science
Foundation
"Computation as a Tool for Discovery in Physics: A Personal History"
(Host: Dr. Flannery) |
| 11/18 |
Special Colloquium
Kevin Bedell, Department of Physics, Boston College
"Ferromagnetic Superconductors: Who ordered this strange matter?"
(Host: Dr. Chapman) |
| 11/24 |
No Colloquia |
| 11/25-26 |
Official School Holiday |
|
| 12/01 |
Zhong Lin Wang,
School of Materals Science and Engineering, GT
(Host: Dr. Chapman) |
| 12/02 |
Arshad A. Kudrolli, Department of Physics, Clark University
"Dynamics of Granular Materials"
Note: 11:00 am
(Host: Dr. Cvitanovic) |
| 12/03 |
Last
Day of Fall 2004 Classes |
| 12/08 |
Itamar Procaccia, Dept. of Chemical Physics,
The Weizmann Institute of Scinece
"Fractal Growth Patterns and Iterated Conformal Maps"
(Host: Dr. Cvitanovic')
Note: Lecture Rm. 2 |
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